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**return.** Compare [Hosea 12:6](../../../kjv/hosea/12/6) . [Joel 2:13](../../../kjv/joel/2/13) .
**unto** = quite up to. Hebrew ' *ad* ; not merely "toward", which would be ' *el* .
**for.** Compare [Hosea 13:9](../../../kjv/hosea/13/9) .
**iniquity.** Hebrew. *'avah.* App-44 . Some codices, with three early printed editions and Septuagint, read "transgressions" (plural)

**words.** Note the correspondence in the Structure: confession commanded, and the command obeyed.
**turn** = return, or turn back, as in [Hosea 14:1](../../../kjv/hosea/14/1) .
**say.** Compare [Luke 15:18](../../../kjv/luke/15/18) , [Luke 15:19](../../../kjv/luke/15/19) .
**graciously** = O Gracious One. See notes on [Hosea 3:5](../../../kjv/hosea/3/5) , and [Hosea 8:3](../../../kjv/hosea/8/3) . Eminent Jewish commentators take this as a title of the Messiah. There is no "us" in the Hebrew.
**so will we render.** Quoted in [Hebrews 13:15](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/15) .
**render** = pay (as vows) by offering what is due ([Psalms 66:13](../../../kjv/psalms/66/13) , [Psalms 66:14](../../../kjv/psalms/66/14) ; [Psalms 116:14](../../../kjv/psalms/116/14) , [Psalms 116:18](../../../kjv/psalms/116/18) . [Jonah 2:9](../../../kjv/jonah/2/9) ).
**calves** = oxen. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for the sacrifices offered ([Psalms 51:17](../../../kjv/psalms/51/17) ).
**lips.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), for the confession, &c, made by them. Compare [Psalms 69:30](../../../kjv/psalms/69/30) , [Psalms 69:31](../../../kjv/psalms/69/31) ; [Psalms 116:17](../../../kjv/psalms/116/17) ; [Psalms 141:2](../../../kjv/psalms/141/2) .[Hebrews 13:15](../../../kjv/hebrews/13/15) .

**Asshur, &c.** See [Hosea 5:13](../../../kjv/hosea/5/13) , [Hosea 12:1](../../../kjv/hosea/12/1) ; and compare [Jeremiah 31:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/18) .
**we will not ride.** Some codices, with four early printed editions and Syriac, read "nor upon horses will we ride". Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 17:16](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/17/16) ). Compare [Psalms 33:17](../../../kjv/psalms/33/17) . [Isaiah 30:2](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/2) , [Isaiah 30:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/30/16) ; [Isaiah 31:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/31/1) .
**the work of our hands.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for idols of all kinds.
**for in Thee** = O Thou in Whom.
**the fatherless:** i.e. Israel's orphaned folk. Here we have the key to the symbolic names of [Hosea 1](../../../kjv/hosea/1) : *Gomer* shows that the measure of iniquity was full. *Jezreel* denotes the consequent scattering. *Lo-Ruhamah* (the second child, the girl) foreshadows Israel as the unpitied one. *Lo-Ammi* (the last child) denotes Israel's present condition. *Ammi* represents Israel's yet future position ([Hosea 2:1](../../../kjv/hosea/2/1) ). *Ruhamah =* pitied, Lo-Ruharnah's new name ([Hosea 2:23](../../../kjv/hosea/2/23) ).
**findeth mercy** = Ruhamah = pitied. Referring to Israel's final restoration. See note on [Hosea 2:23](../../../kjv/hosea/2/23) .

**back-sliding.** Compare [Hosea 11:7](../../../kjv/hosea/11/7) . [Jeremiah 5:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/5/6) ; [Jeremiah 14:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/14/7) .
**him:** i.e. Israel.

**the dew.** See notes on [Hosea 6:4](../../../kjv/hosea/6/4) ; [Hosea 13:3](../../../kjv/hosea/13/3) .
**grow** = blossom.
**cast forth** = strike out.
**his roots.** The spurs of Lebanon have the appearance of outspreading roots.
**as** = like [those of].

**his smell** = his fragrance, or be fragrant, like.

**the scent thereof** = his memory or remembrance [pleasant] as, &c. So the Septuagint
**wine.** Hebrew. *yayin.* App-27 .

**shall say.** In obedience to the command in [Hosea 14:1](../../../kjv/hosea/14/1) .
**I have heard** = I have heard and obeyed.
**and observed** = and regarded. Contrast [Hosea 13:7](../../../kjv/hosea/13/7) .
**I am like:** or, I like a green cypress [will overshadow him]. A verb must he supplied. Referring to "shadow" in [Hosea 14:7](../../../kjv/hosea/14/7) .
**From Me, &c.** This member is Jehovah's reply. Note the emphatic "I" repeated. Compare [Jeremiah 31:18](../../../kjv/jeremiah/31/18) .
**thy fruit found.** Fruitfulness provided, as well as protection and grace.

**Who is wise . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . Concluding the whole book, like [Psalms 107:43](../../../kjv/psalms/107/43) .
**wise.** Hebrew. *chakam* (adjective) See note on [Proverbs 1:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/2) . Compare [Psalms 107:43](../../../kjv/psalms/107/43) .[Jeremiah 9:12](../../../kjv/jeremiah/9/12) .[Daniel 12:10](../../../kjv/daniel/12/10) .
**prudent** = [who is] understanding? Hebrew. *binah.* See ' note on [Proverbs 1:2](../../../kjv/proverbs/1/2) . Here it is the passive = gifted with understanding.
**right** = upright. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:4](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/4) ). Compare [Job 26:14](../../../kjv/job/26/14) ; [Job 36:23](../../../kjv/job/36/23) .[Psalms 18:30](../../../kjv/psalms/18/30) ; Psa 18:77 , [Psalms 18:19](../../../kjv/psalms/18/19) ; [Psalms 145:17](../../../kjv/psalms/145/17) . [Proverbs 10:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/29) . [Daniel 4:37](../../../kjv/daniel/4/37) .
**just** = righteous.
**transgressors.** Hebrew. *pasha'.* App-41 ix.
**fall therein** = stumble in them. Compare [Psalms 119:165](../../../kjv/psalms/119/165) .[Proverbs 4:19](../../../kjv/proverbs/4/19) ; [Proverbs 10:29](../../../kjv/proverbs/10/29) ; [Proverbs 11:5](../../../kjv/proverbs/11/5) ; [Proverbs 15:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/15/9) . [Micah 2:7](../../../kjv/micah/2/7) . [Nahum 3:3](../../../kjv/nahum/3/3) . [1 Corinthians 1:23](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/1/23) , 1Co 1:24 ; [1 Peter 2:7](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/7) , [1 Peter 2:8](../../../kjv/1-peter/2/8) .

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